Alfred Eugene Montgomery

Male 1921 - 1943  (21 years)


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  • Name Alfred Eugene Montgomery  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Birth 22 Jul 1921  Harlan, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1930  Harlan, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    District 5 
    Residence 1 Apr 1940  Wythe, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial 1943  Rose Hill, Lee, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7
    • Shackleford Cemetery
    Death 31 Jan 1943  Messina, Sicilia, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7, 8
    Notes 

    • Added by Dan Phelan

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      TSgt Alfred E Montgomery
      Birth 22 Jul 1921
      Death 31 Jan 1943 (aged 21)
      Messina, Città Metropolitana di Messina, Sicilia, Italy
      Burial
      North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial
      Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia
      Plot Wall of the Missing
      Memorial ID 56249125 · View Source

      On January 31, 1943, Montgomery was flight engineer on B-24D #41-11603 named 'Malicious', assigned to the 9th Air Force, 376th Bombardment Group, 513th Bombardment Squadron. Malicious was the lead plane on a combat mission to bomb Messina Harbor in Sicily. Two engines were knocked out of commission by anti-aircraft artillery, but they stayed on their bomb run and hit their target. They were then set upon by German fighter planes and after a running battle, were forced to make a water crash landing into the Tyrrhenian Sea, twenty miles off the coast of Messina, Sicily. Crewmen in other aircraft saw four to six men evacuate the plane into life rafts, but subsequent rescue flights were unable to locate the men.

      Because his body was never recovered, he's memorialized on the Wall of the Missing.

      Montgomery was from Lee County, VA. He received the Silver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
    Person ID I1224  MontyHistNotes_III | William Montgomery d1815 Orange NC
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2024 

    Father Elondus Lonnie Montgomery,   b. 12 Dec 1887, Hancock County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 May 1972, Bell, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Birdie Shackelford,   b. 4 Oct 1896, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jul 1925, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Abt 1910 
    Family ID F731  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Marriage Never Married  [9
    Family ID F737  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 22 Jul 1921 - Harlan, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - District 5 - 1930 - Harlan, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1 Apr 1940 - Wythe, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1943 - Rose Hill, Lee, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 31 Jan 1943 - Messina, Sicilia, Italy Link to Google Earth
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  • Folios
    Branches of Montgomerys and Longs
Section 2
Pages 38-55
Hugh Montgomery and Rebecca Overton
    Branches of Montgomerys and Longs Section 2 Pages 38-55 Hugh Montgomery and Rebecca Overton
    Hugh Montgomery and Rebecca Overton
    Written by Isla Montgomery CMS # 113
    Posted here with courtesy and permission of CMS # 121

  • Sources 
    1. [S301] Ancestry.com, Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;).
      Record for Alfred E Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=KYbirthindex&h=3601671&indiv=try

    2. [S194] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2012;;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Wythe, Elizabeth City, Virginia; Roll: T627_4259; Page: 59A; Enumeration District: 28-18.
      Record for Alfred E Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1940usfedcen&h=20765122&indiv=try

    3. [S337] Montgomery, Isla Awyn, Branches of Montgomerys and Longs, (Name: Location: Denver, Colorado, USA; Date: 1980;;), Section 2 Pages 38-55 Hugh Montgomery and Rebecca Overton (Reliability: 1).

    4. [S239] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;;), Year: 1930; Census Place: District 5, Harlan, Kentucky; Roll: 749; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0025; Image: 628.0; FHL microfilm: 2340484.
      Record for Elondous Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=81895492&indiv=try

    5. [S4] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Alfred E. Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=35351934&indiv=try

    6. [S359] Ancestry.com, Global, Find A Grave Index for Non-Burials, Burials at Sea, and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for TSgt Alfred E Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveGlobal&h=3883207&indiv=try

    7. [S361] Shackleford Cemetery, (Name: Findagrave; Location: Rose Hill, Lee, Virginia, USA;), Montgomery, Alfred Eugene Memorial #56249125 Plot: Wall of the Missing Accessed KRM 6 May 2018 3:02pm https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56249125/alfred-e-montgomery.
      Shackleford Cemetery
      Rose Hill, Lee County, Virginia, USA
      https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2426132/shackleford-cemetery
      From Rose Hill, go west on US-58 for 2 miles; turn left (at Presbyterian Church) on SR-682 for 1.5 miles just past the homes of Wayne Burgan & Paul Taylor; turn left onto Wayne Burgan's farm. Cemetery cannot be seen from the road and a 4-wheeled drive vehicle is needed to drive up the hill to the cemetery.
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56249125/alfred-e-montgomery

    8. [S362] National Archives and Records Administration, World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;).
      Record for Alfred E Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=4283&h=100764&indiv=try

    9. [S337] Montgomery, Isla Awyn, Branches of Montgomerys and Longs, (Name: Location: Denver, Colorado, USA; Date: 1980;;), Section 2 Pages 38-55 Hugh Montgomery and Rebecca Overton.